Sounding toy



J. P. KEEGA N SOUNDING TOY Filed Nov. 14, 19215 ll .i

INVENTOR W/ NESSES S V, F. N 0 U H Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

JOSEPH P. KEEGAN, or N AR NEW JERSEY.

SOUNDING TOY.

Application filed lTovember 14, 1923. Serial No. 674,735.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, JosEPH KEEGAN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and Improved Sounding Toy, of which the follow: ingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention has relation, to toys and has particular reference to asounding de vice, the same being in the nature of an improvement over asimilar device bearing United States Letters Patent No. 1,439,672,granted on December 19, 1922.

The outstanding object of the present invention is to simplify theconstruction of a device of this character by the elimination of gearsand other'expensive parts, thereby effecting economy in. the cost ofproduction without in any way detracting from the of fectiveness of thedevice or its attractiveness as a toy.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the novel construction set forth in the following specification,particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved toembodiments other than those actually illustrated herein to the fullextent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claimsare expressed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side view of the device with the coveropened.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary diagrammatic view illustrating the operation ofthe device. Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10designatesa casing having a cover 11 hingedly connected thereto as at12,

the said cover being provided at its free end with a catch 13 engageableover a keeper 14.

A shaft 15 extends transversely through the casing 10 and is journaledin the opposite side walls thereof, the said shaft having an externalhandle 10 formed thereon or secured thereto for turning movementtherewith whereby the operator upon grasping the handle may swing thecasing upon the shaft. A

barrel or sleeve 17 is secured to the shaft 15 and is formed with a pairof circumferentially spaced radially projecting arms 18 and 19 which aredesigned to remain stationary with the shaft as the casing is rotatedthereabout. Within the casing an anvil 20 is pivotedon a transverse pin21, said anvil being normally maintained in parallel relation to thetopand bottom walls of the casing and the cover 11 by a backing spring22 which is attached to the under side of the cover 11. A hammer 23 ispivotally mounted within the casing on a transverse pin 24 and isnormally projected and maintained in contact with the anvil by means ofa coiled con.- tractile spring 25. The free end of the hammer isprovided with a downwardly and forwardly projecting offset terminal 26which is disposed in a position to successive ly engage with the armsl8and- 19 as the casing is rotated about the shaft 15 and barrel l7.A'strip S having longitudinally spaced 7 percussion caps C is designedto be successively fed between the anvil andthe point of contact of thehammer with the same whereby the caps C will be successively exploded ordetonated as the casing is rotated by means of the handle 16. The casingC is provided with a shelf or support 27 upon which the strip in rolledform is adapted to be mounted, said shelf being preferably arranged at apoint where the free end of the cover 11 closes thereon. The strip istrained or led from the curved deflecting lip 28 on the shelf in astraight path and with its terminal disposed between a hammer and anvilat their point of contact. As the casing is rotated about the handle thearm 18 will coact and engage with the offset terminal 26 of the hammerto slightly swing the same away from the anvil 20 against the action ofthe spring 25 during which time the strip engaging with the pointedterminal of the arm 19 will be moved to advance successive unexplodedcaps C between the points of contact of the hammer and anvil. Thedisposition of the arms 18 and 19 is such that 100 as the offsetterminal 26 of the hammer leaves the terminal of the arm 18 it will be 1caught by the arm 19 which is longer than the arm 18 and again swung afurther distance away from the anvil against the action 105 of thespring 25 and subsequently released to permit the spring 25 to forciblyproject or swing the contacting point of the hammer against the anvil toexplode the unexploded caps which have been moved into position Ibetween the points of contact of the hammer and anvil. It is thusobvious that upon rapid rotation of the casing about the shaft the Icaps will be successively detonated as they are fed to a position to beacted on by the hammer. After all the caps of the strip S have beenexploded, the catch 13 will be disengaged from its keeper 14 and thecover 11 swung to open position. The anvil is then swung away from thehammer and the used strip is removed and replaced by a new one.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a handle, a hollow casingjournaled thereon for rotation, an anvil within the casing, a relativelymovable hammer within the easing, means for normally effecting theprojection of the hammer against the anvil, a

pair of relatively long and short arms dis' posed within the casing andprojecting radially from the handle, the said short arm adapted uponrotation of said casing to effect intermittent separation of the hammerand anvil while the longer arm simultaneously engages with and effectsan intermittent advancement of a detonating strip between said hammerand anvil, the said longer arm subsequently engaging with and catchingthe terminal of the hammer as it is released by the short arm andsubsequently lifting the hammer and releasing the same for detonatingthat portion of the strip which is disposed between the hammer andanvil. v

2. In a device of the character described, a handle, a hollow casingjournaled thereon for rotation, an anvil within the casing, a relativelymovable hammer pivoted at one end within the casing, means for normallyefiecting the projection of the hammer against the anvil, a pair ofrelatively long and short arms disposed within the casing and projectingradially from the handle, the said short arm adapted upon rotation ofsaid casing to effect intermittent separation of the hammer and anvilwhile the longer arm simultaneously engages with and effects anintermittent advancement of a detonating strip between said hammer andanvil, the said longer arm subsequently engaging with and catching theterminal of the hammer as it is released by the short arm andsubsequently lifting the hammer and releasing the same for detonatingthat portion of the strip which is disposed between the hammer andanvil, the said casing including a cover member hinged thereto andprovided with a tensioning element adapted when the cover is closed toengage behind the free end of the anvil whereby the same is capable ofyielding movement during the striking action of the hammer.

JOSEPH P. KEEGAN.

